Application Developer

Closing Date: Friday 6th April 2018

Application Developer

Competitive salary and benefits package.

The Scottish FA is seeking to appoint an Application Developer (x2) to facilitate the ongoing development and maintenance of The Scottish FA’s IT applications. The job holder will ensure a programme of continuous improvement is put in place, including a rolling schedule of audit, revision, incremental improvement and development.

If you wish to apply please email completed Applications to hr@scottishfa.co.uk no later than Friday 6th April 2018. Please state the Reference no. HR/066 in the subject field of your application email. If you have not been asked for interview by the 18th April 2018, please assume that your application will not be taken any further. Please be aware that CVs will not be accepted.

To facilitate the ongoing development and maintenance of The Scottish FA’s IT applications. The job holder will ensure a programme of continuous improvement is put in place, including a rolling schedule of audit, revision, incremental improvement and development.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the existing suite of Scottish FA applications as part of the Solutions Team.

• Provide services within strict budget guidelines and to agreed service levels to support the specific needs of the Association and other defined user groups.

• Interpret written business requirements and technical specification documents.

• Use User\Project Groups as a forum for reaching consensus or agreement among all relevant key stakeholders regarding the organisation of information and look and feel of the end product.

• Perform coding to technical specifications and frameworks.

• Liaise with the Database Developer to ensure required development of the underlying databases, integrating with any existing data structures.

• Ensure that all third-party applications are properly assessed and evaluated for applicability prior to work being integrated. In particular, ensure that the tools and applications are selected based on functional requirements and technical and company specifications.

• Provide technical specifications in terms of integration of third party tools and platforms.